![Pulp fiction cover art re-worked to read: 'Bibliobimbo: Destroyed by a Lust for Rare Books.' Tagline: 'Every bookseller in town has been in her library.' Picture shows woman in low-cut top leaning on a stack of books and pulling her skirt up her thigh while a man with a cigarette watches.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJQOSEF9xt7vLwuI69LTwbnHgvWAREiq6HzuzFAIbXFdHiyhuFC5jeLlbS6yVgk7cTMS68b3zR49YJY-qMnfeEinI5eaEbCzvAGZIsKRGlZ6Al9X7eARuHEnIq7ppptVx0YxRxGEGgUo/s400/bibliobimbo_lg.jpg)
Thanks to Anne Bentley, our art curator at the Massachusetts Historical Society for this link. Helfond Book Gallery, Ltd. offers a series of images from the underbelly of the rare book world, otherwise known as "bibliopulp" posters riffing on pulp fiction book covers from the mid-twentieth century. I'm personally torn between the "Bibliobimbo" (pictured above), "Rare Book Tramp" and -- with a cover that would make Jack Harkness proud -- "They Made Me a Book Collector."
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This is awesome! I justed wanted to let you know that I linked to your post on my blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link, Saskia :). Glad you enjoyed it!
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